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To: Captain James T. Kirk who wrote (8881)	5/9/2000 10:52:00 PM
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techweb.com Lucent, TI Unveil Chip Sets For xDSL Modems (05/08/00, 7:19 p.m. ET) By Darrell Dunn , Electronic Buyers' News Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group and Texas Instruments have separately responded to the rapidly growing market for xDSL modems and services by introducing integrated chip sets and deciding on a joint-development effort to provide customized broadband content. Lucent (stock: LU) has announced details of a solution it says will enable central offices to support eight ADSL ADSL modems using a single device. Meanwhile, at the Networld+Interop show this week in Las Vegas, TI (stock: TXN) and Novell (stock: NOVL) will demonstrate an "intelligent gateway" capability that will let ADSL service providers give customers personalized digital services and content built around new DSPs planned by TI. The new products are being developed in response to an ADSL market expected to grow from 70,000 users in 1999 to more than 27 million by 2003, according to researcher IDC, Framingham, Mass. Lucent's eight-channel, full-rate-ADSL device is a multichip product housed in a single-IC package to decrease cost and power consumption. The device is expected to be used in DSLAMs, multiservice access platforms, digital-loop carriers, and multiple dwelling units. "Lucent has upped the ante, taking the technology to a substantially higher performance level while at the same time lowering the price per port," said Kim Funasaki, an analyst at IDC. Each of the eight channels supports two paths, an interleaved path for data and a fast path for voice. The device is also capable of supporting channelized voice. Lucent said it expects to sample the device in the third quarter, with production set for the fourth quarter. The chip is expected to be priced at $20 per port in 100,000s. TI currently has a four-channel ADSL solution and will make its eight-channel solution available in roughly the same time frame as Lucent, said Kurt Eckles, broadband marketing manager at TI. "Integration is only one of the key concerns of the customer base," Eckles said. "The ADSL industry has a history of desiring high levels of integration, but integration withoutproven interoperability and a track record is missing some of the key ingredients. Obviously, integration does have huge dividends for the network operators and equipment suppliers, and it has been a focus of the industry for the past five years." TI and Novell will use this week's Networld+Interop trade show as the forum to announce their joint Intelligent Gateway Project, which combines TI's DSP and ADSL technology with Novell's software. The broadband-services gateway device will let service providers quickly and cost-effectively provision, differentiate, and add services on a customer-specific basis, said Mike Spence, program manager for residential gateways at TI. "Right now, people are excited about the high-speed connection because they're moving from 56K connections if they're lucky," Spence said. "Eventually market share will be built by lowering prices and adding services that customers want. The ability to use the networks to personalize bandwidth, and the ability of the DSP to manipulate content, will answer the big questions." TI and Novell have been working together for about a year to build the intelligent gateway, Spence said. There is no set date for delivery of DSPs specifically developed for the gateway, but TI is working on the project. The gateway would let end customers and service providers identify and customize the Internet to provide content of specific interest to a customer, or allow for such services as off-premises security monitoring and television-program recording, he said. Perry P.